Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Hi Charlie,

On 6-Jan-05, at 11:49 PM, Charlie Massey wrote:

>  Here's the deal.  Sure you listened on your Genelecs and other good 
> speakers in your
>  studio and the swish was there.  The trick is to go to your 
> neighbor's house and drop the
>  CD in their entertainment center and to get in a friend's car and 
> drop the needle on the CD
>  on his car setup, etc, etc, etc. Now I don't know this for sure but 
> in many of the test cases
>  outside of your enviroment, the swish will disappear which was what 
> the 10m's were
>  telling you.

For one, I don't want to have to go to a neighbour's house everytime I 
need to check a mix.  For 2, the mixes that I do on my system sound 
good and balanced on other systems that I take them to.  They may not 
sound exactly the same but they're still balanced.  The fact that the 
swish will disappear on systems outside of my environment is irrelevant 
to me.  There will be people whose systems can reproduce more 
accurately than an NS10 and *they* will hear the difference.  I stand 
by my words that if I can't hear it, I will boost something which may 
make the mix sound good on that speaker but may leave it out of balance 
on another.  The old argument of "knowing one's speaker" doesn't stand 
true for me.  I don't want to compensate blindly without actually 
hearing my results nor do I want to go check mixes on a bunch of other 
systems if I don't need to.

>  In other words, as has been stated here before, the environment will 
> never be the same
>  and I stand by my words that a good mix on NS10m's will sound good in 
> more
>  environments then any other.

If we created our music for the lowest common denominator, then there 
would be no need for Neumann condensers, Apogee converters, Avalon mic 
pres, etc.  Just because someone can't hear the subtleties in those 
higher-end devices doesn't mean that you should use lesser equipment.

>  I warned everyone about the rant that would ensue, just by mentioning 
> this speaker....... :)

I'm not ranting - just stating an opinion as you are.  :-)

>  I have other topics  that I will bring up as we motor through 
> time........ haha
>

Bring 'em on  ;-)

Fernstudio